Lower-alkyl 6(or 7)-halo-5-(aminoalkylamino)-8-quinolinecarboxylates

ABSTRACT

5 - (AMINOALKULAMINO)-6-(OR 7)-HALO-8-QUINOLINEMETHANOLS, THEIR LOWER-ALKYL ETHERS AND LOWER-ALKANOYL ESTERS, HAVING SCHISTOSOMACIDAL ACTIVITY ARE PREPARED BY REDUCING THE CORRESPONDING LOWER-ALKYL 5-(AMINOALKULAMINO)-6(OR 7)-HALO-8-QUINOLINECARBOXYLATES TO PREPARE SAID 8/QUINOLINEMETHANOLS, AND THEN REACTING THE LATTER WITH A LOWERALKANOL IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ACID TO OBTAIN THE LOWER-ALKYL ETHERS AND REACTING THE 8-QUINOLINEMETHANOLS WITH A LOWERALKANOYLATING AGENT, E.G., ACID CHLORIDE OR ANHYDRIDE, TO FORM THEIR LOWER-ALKANOATE ESTERS. THE LOWER-ALKUL 5(AMINOALKYLAMINO)-6(OR 7)-HALO-8-QUINOLINE-CARBOXYLATES AND THEIR PREPARATION ARE CLAIMED HEREIN.

United States Patent 3,775,415 LOWER-ALKYL 6 (0R 7)-HALO-5-(AMINOALKYL- AMlN0)-8-QUINOLINECARBOXYLATES Sydney Archer, Bethlehem, and Denis M. Bailey, East Greenbush, N.Y., assignors to Sterling Drug, Inc., New York, NY.

No Drawing. Continuation-impart of application Ser. No. 882,723, Dec. 5, 1969, now Patent No. 3,692,790, dated Sept. 19, 1972, which is a continuation-in-part of abandoned application Ser. No. 690,795, Dec. 15, 1967. This application Aug. 5, 1971, Ser. No. 169,515

Int. Cl. C07d 33/48 US. Cl. 260-287 R 4 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE 5 (aminoalkylamino)-6-(or 7 )-halo-8-quinolinemethanols, their lower-alkyl ethers and lower-alkanoyl esters, having schistosomacidal activity are prepared by reducing the corresponding lower-alkyl 5-(aminoalkylamino)-6 (or 7)-halo-8-quinolinecarboxylates to prepare said 8-quinolinemethanols, and then reacting the latter with a loweralkanol in the presence of an acid to obtain the lower-alkyl ethers and reacting the S-quinolinemethanols with a loweralkanoylating agent, e.g., acid chloride or anhydride, to form their lower-alkanoate esters. The lower-alkyl 5- (aminoalkylamino -6 (or 7 -halo-8-quinoline-carboxylates and their preparation are claimed herein.

This invention relates to compositions of matter of the class of substituted quinolines and to their preparation.

This application is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 882,723, filed Dec. 5, 1969, now US. Pat. No. 3,692,790, issued Sept. 19, 1972, which is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 690,- 795, filed Dec. 15, 1967 and now abandoned.

The invention disclosed and claimed in copending application Ser. No. 882,723 resides in the class of compounds which we designate as 6(or 7)-ha1o-5- S-quinolinemethanols, their lower-alkyl ethers and their lower-alkanoyl esters. where Y is polycarbon-loweralkylene, R is hydrogen, lower-alkyl or lower-2-hydroxyalkyl, R is lower-alkyl or lower-2-hydroxyalkyl, and where R and R taken with N comprehends saturated N-heteromonocyclic radicals having five to seven ring atoms. Accordingly, we depict these compounds as having halo attached to the 6- or 7-position and having aminoalkylamino of the formula R R NY--NH to the 5-position of 8- quinolinemethanols and lower-alkyl ethers and loweralkanoyl esters thereof. The compounds when tested according to standard chemotherapeutic evaluation procedures have the inherent applied use characteristics of having schistosomacidal activity. The compounds are useful schistosomacidal agents for treatment of mammalian subjects.

The invention sought to be patented in the instant application resides in the class of compounds which we designate as lower-alkyl 6(or 7)-halo-5-(R R NY-NH)-8- quinolinecarboxylates where R R and Y are defined as having halo attached to the 6- or 7-position and having aminoalkylamino of the formula (R R NY--NH)-8-quino1inemethano1s, and ether and ester derivatives.

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Also disclosed and claimed in the instant application is the process of preparing said lower-alkyl 6(or 7)-halo-5- (R R N-Y-NH)-8-quinolinecarboxylates which comprises reacting the corresponding lower-alkyl 5-amino-6 (or 7) -halo-8-quinolinecarboxylate with R R N-Y-halide where R R N and Y are defined as hereinabove.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, illustrative and preferred embodiments of our,6(or 7)-halo-5- (R R N-Y-NI-I) 8 quinolinemethanols, ethers and esters are those of Formula I:

where X is halo, R is hydrogen, lower-alkyl or loweralkanoyl, Y is polycarbon-lower-alkylene having from two to four carbon atoms and having its two connecting linkages on different carbon atoms, R is hydrogen, loweralkyl or lower-2-hydroxyalkyl and R is lower-alkyl or lower-2-hydroxyalkyl, and where R and R taken with N, i.e., NR R also comprehends saturated N-heteromonocyclic radicals having five to seven ring atoms, illustrated by piperidino, pyrrolidino, morpholino, piperazino, hexamethyleneimino and lower alkylated derivatives thereof. Illustrative and preferred embodiments of our quinolinencarboxylates are those of Formula II:

N COOR' where X, Y, R and R are defined as above in Formula I, and R is lower-alkyl.

The term lower-alkyl, as used herein, e.g., as one of the meanings for R, R or R in Formula I or for R in Formula II, means alkyl radicals having from one to six carbon atoms illustrated by methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, 2-butyl, isobutyl, n-amyl, n-hexyl, and the like.

The term halo," as used herein, e.g., as one of the meanings for X in Formulas I or II, means chloro, bromo, iodo or fluoro, with chloro being preferred because of the ready availability and cost advantages of chloro intermediates.

The term "lower-2-hydroxyalkyl, as used herein, e.g., as meanings for R and R in Formula I or II, means hydroxyalkyl radicals having from two to six carbon atoms and having the hydroxy group attached to the carbon atom that is one carbon atom removed from the side chain nitrogen atom, illustrated by 2-hydroxyethyl, 2-hydroxypropyl, Z-hydroxy-2-methylpropyl, 2-hydroxbutyl, 2-hydroxy-2- methylbutyl, 2-hydroxy-2-ethylpropyl, 2-hydroxyhexyl and the like.

andh'aving its connecting linkages on diiferent carbonatoms, illustrated by -OH CHg-, -OH(CH3)GH,-, -OH C'H(CH ated)-N"-heteromonocyclicradicals, the N-heteromonocyclicg'roupsare selected from piperidino, pyrrolidino, morpholino, piperazino or hexamethyleneimino, and the loweralkyl radicals can be attached to available ring-atoms and can vary preferably from one to three in number, e.g., Z-methylpiperidlno, 3-ethylpiperidino, 4-methylpiperidino, 2,6-dimethylpiperidino, 2,4-dimethylpiperidino, 2,4,6-trimethylpiperidino, 3-n-propylpiperidino, 2,2-dimethylpiperidino, 2-methy1pyrrolidino, 2,5-dimethylpyrrolidino, 2,3- dimethylmorpholino, 2-ethylmorpholino, Z-methylhexamethyleneimino, 2,7 dimethylhexamethyleneimino, 4- methylpiperazino, 3-ethylpiperazino, 2,4,6-trimethylpiperazino, and the like.

The term lower-alkanoyl, as used herein, i.e., for one of the meanings of R in Formula I, are alkanoyl radicals having from one to six carbon atoms which can be arranged as straight or branched chains, e.g., formyl, acetyl, propionyl, (n-propanoyl), isobutyryl (Z-methyl-npropanoyl), and caproyl (n-hexanoyl).

The 6(or 7) halo 5 (R R N-YNH)-8-quinolinemethanols, ethers and esters of our invention are useful in the free base form or in the form of their acid-addition salts. The acid-addition salts are simply a more convenient form for use; and, in practice, use of the salt form inherently amounts to use of the base form. The acids which can be used to prepare the acid-addition salts are preferably those which produce, when combined with the free base, chemotherapeutically acceptable salts, that is, salts whose anions are relatively innocous to the animal organism in chemotherapeutic doses of the salts, so that the beneficial properties inherent in the free base are not vitiated by side effects ascribable to the anions; in other words, the latter do not substantially affect the chemotherapeutic properties inherent in the cations. Appropriate chemotherapeutically acceptable salts within the scope of the invention are those derived from mineral acids such as hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, hydriodic acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid, sulfamic acid, and sulfuric acid; and organic acids such as acetic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, lactic acid, methanesulfonic acid, ethanesulfonic acid, benzenesulfonic acid, p-toluenesulfonic acid, quinic acid, 3-hydroxy-2- naphthoic acid, pamoic acid (2,2'-dihydroxy-1,l-dinaphthylmethane-3,3'-dicarboxylic acid), naponic acid (1,4- naphthalenedisulfonic acid), and the like, giving the hydrochloride, hydrobromide, hydriodide, nitrate, phosphate, sulfamate, sulfate, acetate, citrate, tartrate, lactate, methanesulfonate, ethanesulfonate, benzenesulfonate, ptoluenesulfonate, quinate, 3-hydroxy-2-naphthoate, pamoate and naponate, respectively.

The acid-addition salts are prepared preferably by reacting the free base and acid in an organic solvent, e.g., ethanol, acetone, etc., in which case the salt separates directly or can be obtained by concentration of the solution.

Although chemotherapeutically acceptable salts are preferred, all acid-addition salts are within the scope of our invention. All acid-addition salts are useful as sources of the free base form even if the particular salt per se is not 'desired as the final product, as for example when the salt is formed for purposes of purification or identification, or when it is used'as an intermediate in preparing a chemotherapeutically acceptable salt by ion exchange procedures.

The molecular structures of the 6(or 7)-halo-5- ('R R N-YNI-I)-8-quinolinemethanols, esters and esters of our invention are assigned on the basis of evidence provided by infrared (IR), ultraviolet (UV) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra, by chromatograph mobilities, and, .by the correspondence of calculated and found values for the elementary analyses for representative examples.

The manner of making and using our invention will now be generally described so as to enable the person skilled in the art of organic chemistry to make and use the same.

PREPARATION OF STARTING 'MATERIA'LS The preparation of the starting materials is illustrated by the following series of reactions:

In Step (1) a 4(or 3)-ha1o-o-toluidine (III) is subjected to the well-known Skraup synthesis, i.e., reaction with glycerol, sodium m-nitrobenzenesulfonate and sulfuric acid, to form a 6(or 7)-halo 8 methylquinoline (IV), which in Step (2) is nitrated with fuming nitric acid to obtain the 6(or 7)halo-8-methyl-5-nitroquinoline (V). Alternatively, the latter compound (V) can be prepared directly using in the Skraup synthesis a 4(or 3)-halo-5- nitro-o-toluidine or N-acetyl derivative. The latter 6(or 7)- halo 8 methyl 5 nitroquinoline (V) is treated with a suitable oxidizing agent, e.g., chromic acid, in Step (3) to yield a 6(or 7)-halo-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylic acid (VI), which in Step (4) is esterified with a lower-alkanol or suitable carboxylic acid esterifying agent, e.g., diazomethane, to form the lower-alkyl (e.g., methyl using diazomethane) 6(or 7) halo 5 nitro 8 quinolinecarboxylate (VII). In Step (5) the S-nitroquinoline (VII) is reduced with a suitable reducing agent eifective to reduce nitro to amino, e.g., iron and acetic acid or catalytic hydrogenation, to produce the lower-alkyl 5 amino- 6(or 7) halo 8 quinolinecarboxylate (VIII), which is reacted in Step (6) with an aminoalkyl halide of the formula R R NY-X' where R R and Y are defined as above, and X' is any halogen, preferably C1 or Br, to yield the lower-alkyl 5 aminoalkylamino 6(or 7)-halo- 8 quinolinecarboxylate (IX). The Compounds III, IV and V are generally known as are the processes designated as Steps (1) through (5).

PREPARATION OF FINAL PRODUCTS In carrying out the process aspect of the invention, the above intermediate lower-alk'yl 6(or 7)-halo-5- (R R NYNH)-8-quinolinecarboxylates (IX) are reacted with a reducing agent effective to reduce lower-alkyl carboxylates to corresponding methanols, thereby yielding the corresponding 6(or '7)-5-R R NY--NH(-8-quinolinemethanols (Formula I where R=H). This reduction is carried out by chemical methods. Suitable chemical reducing agents include; alkali aluminum hydrides, e.g., lithium aluminum hydride; alkali borohydrides, e.g.,

lithium borohydride; an alkali metal and a lower-alkanol,.

e.g., sodium and ethanol. In practicing our invention, we preferably used lithium aluminum hydride in ether or tetrahydrofuran or lithium borohydride in a loweralkanol, e.g. ethanol or methanol, with or without water.

The lower-alkyl ethers of our 8-quinolinemethanols, i.e.,-

the compounds of Formula I where R is lower-alkyl, are

prepared by reacting the S-quinolinemethanol (Formula I where R is hydrogen) with the appropriate lower-alkanol 1n the presence of an acid, preferably a strong acid. This reaction is conveniently carried out heating the basic 6(or 7) halo-5-(R R Y-NH)-8-quonolinemethanol as its acid-addition salt, e.g., di(p-toluenesulfonate), in the lower alkanol at its boiling point to dissolve the 8- quinolinemethanol salt and allowing the resulting solution to cool whereupon the basic lower-alkyl ether separates as its acid-addition salt.

The lower-alkanol esters of our 8-quinolinemethanols, i.e., the compounds of Formula I where R is loweralkanoyl, are prepared by reacting the 8-quinolinemethanol (I where R is hydrogen) with the appropriate loweralkanoyl halide, anhydride or other loWer-alkanoylating agent, e.g. formic acetic anhydride for the formate.

The foregoing discussion is offered to illustrate the various aspects of our invention and not to limit its scope. Our invention is further illustrated by the following examples.

(A) PREPARATION OF STARTING MATERIALS (1) 6-chloro-8-methylquinoline.To 134 g. of 4- chloro-o-toluidine is added 180 g. of glycerol with vigorous stirring, followed by 280 g. of sodium 3-nitrobenzenesulfonate and 620 ml. of 65% (by weight) sulfuric acid. With continued stirring the reaction mixture is heated to boiling and then refluxed for three and one-half hours. The reaction mixture is made alkaline by adding 1050 ml. of 35% aqueous sodium hydroxide and the alkaline mixture is steam distilled until the distillate is clear (-12 liters collected in three and one-half hours). The distillate is extracted with chloroform. The extract is washed with brine and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The chloroform is removed by distilling in vacuo to leave 117 g. of colorless cloudy liquid. The liquid is distilled through a 9-inch column packed with glass helices to yield 41.6 g. of 6-chloro-8-methylquinoline as distillate which solidifies on cooling and melts at 55-60 C. r

Following the procedure described in Example A-l but using the appropriate 4(or 3)-halo-o-toluidine in place of 4 chloro-o-toluidine, there are obtained the following 6(or 7)-halo-8-methylquinolines: 6 bromo 8 methylquinoline using 4 bromo-o-toluidine; 6-iodo-8-methylquinoline using 4 iodo-o-toluidine; 6 fluoro S-methylquinoline using 4 fiuoro-o-toluidine; 7-chloro-8-methylquinoline using 3 chloro-o-toluidine; 7 bromo 8- methylquinoline using 3-brorno-o-toluidine; and, 7-iodo- S-methylquinoline using 3-iodo-o-toluidine.

(2) 6-chloro-8-methyl-5-nitroquinoline.-A 40.25 g. portion of 6 chloro 8 methylquinoline is melted and then poured in portions with swirling into 400 ml. of fuming nitric acid. The temperature rises to about 55-60 C. The reaction mixture is allowed to stand for about thirty minutes at that temperature, next heated on a steam bath for another thirty minutes and then poured onto about 3 kg. of ice. After the ice melts, the mixture is made basic by adding 35% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution. The basic mixture is diluted with about 1 liter of water to dissolve all the salts and then extracted with chloroform. The chloroform solution is washed successively with water and brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the chloroform removed by distilling in vacuo to yield a yellow-orange solid. The solid is recrystallized from isopropyl alcohol and dried overnight in vacuo at 70 C. to yield 33.1 g. of 6-chloro-8-methyl-5- nitroquinoline, M.P. 98-l00 C. [Irving et a1. JACS 72, 4069 (1950), report a M.P. 99-400 C.]

Following the procedure described in Example A-2 but using the appropriate 6(or 7 )-halo-8-methylquinoline in place of 6-chl01'o-8-methylquin0line, there are obtained the following 6(or 7)-halo-8-methyl-5-nitroquinolines: 6- bromo-S-methyl-S-nitroquinoline using 6-bromo-8-methylquinoline; 6-iodo-8-methyl-S-nitroquinoline using 6-iodo- 8-methylquinoline; 6-fluoro 8 methyl-S-nitroquinOline using 6-fluoro-8-methylquinoline; 7-chloro-8-methy1-5- nitroquinoline using 7 chloro 8 methylquinoline; 7- bromo-S-methyl-S-nitroquinoline using 7-bromo-8-methylquinoline; 7-iodo-8-methyl-5-nitroquinoline using 7-iodo- 8-methylquinoline.

(3) 6-chloro-5-nitro-8aquinolinecarboxylic Acid.-A 27.2 g. portion of 6-chloro-8-methyl-5-nitroquinoline is dissolved in ml. of concentrated sulfuric acid with stirring and to this solution is added 36 g. of chromium trioxide in portions over a period of 75 minutes with stirring and occasional cooling to keep the temperature at 50-55 C. The mixture is stirred for an additional minutes, during which time the temperature slowly falls to 40 C. The reaction mixture is poured onto ice and after the ice melts the mixture is extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate extract is Washed with water and then extracted with dilute aqueous potassium carbonate solution. The potassium carbonate extract is acidified with hydrochloric acid and the separated acid taken up with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate extract is washed successively with water and brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the ethyl acetate removed by distilling in vacuo to yield 12.5 g. of solid, M.P. 169l72 C. A portion of the solid is recrystallized from benzene to yield, as a light yellow solid, the analytically pure 6- chloro-S-nitro-S-quinolinecarboxyic acid, M.P. 174.5- 176 C. NMR and IR spectra are consistent with the structure of said compound.

Following the procedure described in Example A-3 but using the appropriate 6(or 7)-halo-8-methyl-5-nitroquinoline in place of 6-chloro-8-methyl-S-nitroquinoline, there are obtained the following 6(or 7)-halo-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylic acids: 6-bromo-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylic acid using 6-bromo-8-methyl-S-nitroquinoline; 6- iodo-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylic acid using 6-iodo-8- methyl-S-nitroquinoline; 6-fiuoro 5 nitro 8 quinolinecarboxylic acid using 6-fluoro-8-methyl-5-nitroquinoline; 7-chloro-5-nitr0-8-quinolinecarboxylic acid using 7-chloro- 8-methyl-5-nitroquinoline; 7 bromo-S-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylic acid using 7-bromo-8-methyl-5-nitroquinoline; and 7-iodo-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylic acid using 7- iodo-8-methyl-S-nitroquinoline.

(4) Methyl 6-chloro-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylate.- A 5.0 g. portion of 6-chloro-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylic acid is dissolved in 300 ml. of ethyl acetate at room temperature. A solution of diazomethane is prepared by adding, with stirring (using a plastic-coated magnetic stirrer), 5 g. of nitrosomethylurea (as 7.5 g. of material wet down with 50% of its weight of 3% aqueous acetic acid) in small portions to a mixture of ether and 15 ml. of 40% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution. The solution of diazomethane in ether is added dropwise to the solution of said acid in ethyl acetate. The solution is sitrred throughout the addition of the diazomethane for an additional hour. A little acetic acid then is added to destroy any excess diazomethane. The reaction mixture is washed successively with 10% aqueous potassium carbonate, water and brine. The reaction mixture is dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the solvent removed by distilling in vacuo. There remains 5.25 g. of solid methyl 6-chloro-S-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylate, M.P. 1l6-121 C. The structure of the compounds is consistent with its IR spectrum Following the procedure described in Example A-4 but using the appropriate 6(or 7)-halo-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylic acid in place of 6-chloro5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylic acid, there are obtained the following methyl 6 (or 7 -halo-S-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylates:

methyl 6-bromo-S-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylate using 6- bromo-S-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylic acid;

methyl 6-iodo-S-nitro-8quinolinecarboxylate using 6-iodo- 5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylic acid;

methyl 6-fluoro-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylate using 6- fluoro-S-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylic acid;

methyl 7-chloro-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylate using 7- chloro-S-nitro-S-quinolinecarboxylic acid;

methyl 7-bromo-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylate using 7- bromo-S-nitro-S-quinolinecarboxylic acid;

methyl 7-iodo-S-nitro-S-quinolinecarboxylate-using 7-iodo- -nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylic acid.

Other lower-alkyl esters are obtained by known procedures, e.g., by refluxing in ethylene dichloride a mixture of the 6(or 7)-halo-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylic acid and lower-alkanol in the presence of an acidic catalyst, e.g., sulfuric acid, benzenesulfonic acid. Using 6-chloro-5- nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylic acid and methanol, ethanol or n-propanol in this procedure yields, respectively, methyl, ethyl or n-propyl 6-chloro-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylate.

Alternatively and preferably, the above lower-alkyl 6(or 7)-halo-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylates are obtained by reacting the appropriate acid with a lower-alkanol in the presence of boron trifluoride, as illustrated by the following preparation of methyl 6-chloro-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylate: To a suspension containing 14 g. of 6- chloro-S-nitro-S-quinolinecarboxylic acid in 650 ml. of methanol was added 95 ml. of 14% boron trifluoride in methanol. The resulting mixture was refluxed for three hours and the methanol removed by vacuum distillation. The residue was taken up in ethyl acetate and saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution; the resulting mixture was shaken well. The layers were separated and the ethyl acetate layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The ethyl acetate was distilled olf in vacuo to yield 15 g. of methyl 6-chloro-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylate, M.P. 123-125 C. The infrared spectrum of this ester was indistinguishable from that of the same ester prepared above in the esterification procedure using diazomethane.

(5) Methyl S-amino 6 chloro-S-quinolinecarboxylate.-A mixture containing 2.67 g. of methyl 6-chloro-5- nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylate, 100 ml. of glacial acetic acid and 0.20 g. of platinum oxide is hydrogenated in a Parr apparatus using an initial hydrogen pressure of 50 p.s.i. After a pressure drop of 31 p.s.i., the reduction is stopped and the catalyst filtered off. Most of the acetic acid is evaporated using a rotary evaporator. The residue is taken up in a mixture of water and ethyl acetate, and suificient 10% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution is added to make the mixture basic. The ethyl acetate layer is washed successively with water and with 2 N hydrochloric acid. The separated solid is removed and the layers separated. The aqueous hydrochloric acid layer is made basic with 10% aqueous potassium carbonate and the resulting mixture extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate extract is Washed successively with water and brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the solvent removed by distilling in vacuo to yield 0.83 g. of a dark brown solid. This solid is dissolved in chloroform and the chloroform filtered through 40 g. of silica gel in a column of 3.5 cm. diameter. The silica gel is eluted first with chloroform to remove impurities and then with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate eluant is evaporated to yield 0.62 g. product, methyl 5-amino-6- chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate.

Following the procedure described in Example A-5 but using the appropriate lower-alkyl 6(or 7)-halo-5-nitro-8- quinolinecarboxylate in place of methyl 6-chloro-5-nitro- S-quinolinecarboxylate, there are obtained the following loweralkyl 5-arnino-6 (or 7 )-halo-8-quinolinecarboxylates:

methyl 5-amino-6-bromo-8-quinolinecarboxylate using methyl 6-bromo-5-nitro-S-quinolinecarboxylate; methyl 5-amino-6-iodo 8 quinolinecarboxylate using methyl 6-iodo-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylate;

methyl 5-amino-6-fluoro-8-quinolinecarboxylate using 6-fiuoro-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylate; methyl 5-amino-7-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate using methyl 7-chloro-5-nitr0-S-quinolinecarboxylate;

methyl 5-amino-7-bromo-8-quinolinecarboxylate using methyl 7-bromo-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylate;

methyl 5-amino-7-iodo-8quinolinecarboxylate using methyl 7-iodo-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylate; ethyl S-amino-6-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate using ethyl 6-chloro-S-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylate; n-propyl 5-amino-6-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate using n-propyl 6-chloro-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylate.

The above lower-alkyl'S-amino 6(or 7)-halo-8-quinolinecarboxylates also are obtained by the following preferred illustrative catalytic hydrogenation of the corresponding S-nitro compound: To a suspension containing 1.0 g. of 7% paladium dichloride-on-charcoal in 200 ml. of Water to which 3.2 ml. of 6 N hydrochloric acid had been added was added 5.0 g. of methyl 6-chloro-5-nitro- 8-quinolinecarboxylate. The resulting mixture was hydrogenated using a Parr apparatus at 25 C. and an initial hydrogen pressure of 50 p.s.i. The hydrogen was taken up rapidly at first (88% of theory in forty-two minutes) but was slow near the end (from 88-96% of theory required another thirty-six minutes). The mixture was filtered and the solid washed with water. The filtrate was made basic with 10% aqueous potassium carbonate solution and the resulting alkaline mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed successively with water and brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and heated in vacuo at less than 50 C. to remove the ethyl acetate and to yield 3.4 g. of solid methyl 5* amino-6-chloro-S-quinolinecarboxylate. The infrared spectrum of this product was indistinguishable from that of an analytically pure sample, M.P. 130 C., prepared by reducing methyl 6-chloro-5-nitro-8-quinolinecarboxylate with iron and acetic acid, and recrytallizing the product first from benzene using decolorizing charcoal and then from ethyl acetate.

(6) Methyl 6-chloro-5-(Z-diethylaminoethylamino)-8- quinolinecarboxylate-A mixture containing 0.24 g. of methyl 5-amino-6-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate and 0.35 g. of freshly distilled 2-diethylaminoethyl is heated in a sealed tube at about ISO- C. for about 15 minutes. The contents of the cooled tube are treated with 2.5 ml. of water and the mixture washed with ethyl acetate. The aqueous layer is made strongly basic with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and the alkaline mixture extracted with ethyl acetate. The product is extracted from the ethyl acetate extract with 10% acetic acid. The acidic extract is made basic with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and the alkaline mixture extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate extract is washed with Water, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the solvent removed by distilling in vacuo to yield the product, methyl 6-chloro-5-(2-diethylaminoethylamino)-8-quinolinecarboxylate.

Following the procedure described in Example A-6 but using the appropriate aminoalkylamino halide in place of 2-diethylaminoethyl chloride and appropriate lower-alkyl 5-amino-6-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate in place of methyl 5-amino-6-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate, there are obtained the following lower-alkyl S-(aminoalkylamino)-6-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylates:

methyl 6-chloro-5- (4-dimethylaminobutylamino -8-quino-, linecarboxylate using 4-dimethylaminobutyl chloride and methyl S-amino-6-chloro-S-quinolinecarboxylate;

methyl 6-chloro-5-(Z-dimethylamino 1-propylamino)-8- quinolinecarboxylate using Z-dimethylamino-l-propyl chloride and methyl 5-amino-6-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate;

methyl 6-chloro-5-(2-piperidinoethylamino)r8-quinolinecarboxylate using 2-piperidinoethyl bromide and methyl S-amino-6-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate;

methyl 6-chloro-5-[2-(2,5 dimethylpyrrolidino)ethyl amino]-8-quinolinecarboxylate using 2-(2,5-dimethylpyrrolidino)ethyl chloride and methyl 5-amino-6-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate;

methyl 6-chloro-5'-(3-diethylaminopropylamino)-8-quinolinecarboxylate using 3-diethyl'aminopropyl iodide and .methyl -amino-6-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate;

ethyl 6-chloro-5-(Z-diethylaminoethylamino)-8-quinolinecarboxylate using 2-diethylaminoethyl chloride and (ethyl 5-amin0-6-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate;

n-propyl 6-chloro 5-(2 diethylaminoethylamino)-8- quinolinecarboxylate using Z-diethylaminoethyl chloride and n-propyl S-amino-6-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate;

methyl 6-chloro-5-[2-di (n-butyl)arninoethylamin01-8- quinolinecarboxylate using 2-di-(n-butyl)aminoethyl chloride and methyl 5-amino-6-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate;

methyl 6-chloro-5-(2-n-propylaminoethylamino)-8-quinolinecarboxylate using 2-n-propylaminoethyl chloride and methyl S-amino-fi-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate;

methyl 6-chloro-5-{2-[N ethyl-N (2-hydroxyethyl) amino]ethylamino}-8-quinolinecarboxylate using 2-[N- ethyl-N-(Z-hydroxy)amino1ethyl chloride and methyl 5-amino-6-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate;

methyl 6-chloro-5-[2-(2-hydroxyethylamino) ethylamino] 8-quinolinecarboxylate using 2-(2-hydroxyethylamino) ethyl chloride and methyl 5-amino-6-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate;

methyl -6-chloro-5-{2- [N,N-bis(2 hydroxyethyl)amino] ethylamino}-S-quinolinecarboxylate using 2-[N,N-bis- (Z-hydroxyethyl)amino]ethyl chloride and methyl 5- amino-G-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate;

methyl 6-chloro-5-{Z-[N-methyl-N-(2-hydroxy-2-methylpropyl)amino]ethtylaminoz}-8 quinolinecarboxylate using Z-[N-methyl-N-(Z-hydroxy 2 methylpropyl) 'amino]ethyl chloride and methyl 5-amino-6-chloro-8- quinolinecarboxylate;

methyl 6-chloro-5-(Z-piperidinoethylamino)-8-quino1inecarboxylate using Z-piperidinoethyl bromide and -methyl 5-amino-6-chloro-S-quinolinecarboxylate;

methyl 6-chloro-5-[2-(Z-methylpiperidino)ethylamino1- S-quinolinecarboxylate using 2-(2-methylpiperidino) ethyl chloride and methyl 5-amino-6-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate;

methyl 6-ch1oro-5-(Z-pyrrolidinoethylamino)-8-quinolinecarboxylate using 2-pyrrolidinoethyl chloride and methyl '5-amino-6-chloro8-quinolinecarboxylate;

methyl '6-chloro-5- (2-morpholinoethylamino -8-quinoline carboxylate using 2-morpholinoethyl chloride and methyl 5-amino-6-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate;

methyl 6-chloro-5-(2-hexamethyleneiminoethylamino)-8- quinolinecarboxylate using 2-(hexamethyleneimino) ethyl chloride and methyl 5-amino-6-chloro-S-quinolinecarboxylate; and,

methyl 6-chloro-5[2-(4-methylpiperazino)ethylamino]-8- quinolinecarboxylate using 2-(4 methylpiperazino) ethyl chloride and methyl 5-amino-6-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate.

A preferred variation in the above procedure for the preparation of said lower-alkyl 5-(aminoalkylamino)-6- chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylates is the following preparation: To a stirred mixture containing 1.37 g. of sodium hydride and 75 ml. of dimethylformamide was added dropwise a solutioncontaining 10.4 g. of methyl S-amino- 6-chloro-8-quinolinecarboxylate in 100 ml. of dimethylformamide. There was thus obtained a solution contain-4 ing the sodium salt of said S-aminoquinoline. To said solution cooled with a 2'5 C. water bath was added dropwise with stirring 11.9 g. of Z-diethylaminoethyl chloride and the resulting mixture was stirred for three hours. To the reaction mixture was then added dropwise a few ml. of water and the resulting mixture was poured into about 750 ml. of water. The aqueous mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The aqueous mixture was washed thoroughly with water to remove the dimethylformamide and then was washed with six 2'5 ml. portions of a buffered solution prepared by dissolving 67.5

g. of sodium acetate trihydrate in 500 ml. of water and adding sufiicient concentrated hydrochloric acid to give a pH of 3. The six extracts were individually made 'basic with 10% aqueous potassium carbonate solution and oil fractions containing the product in free base form were obtained from each by extraction with ethyl acetate and removal of the ethyl acetate by distillation in vacuo. to yield, respectively, 3.30 g., 3.50 g., 2.34 g. and 1.90 g. fractions from the first four extracts and a 0.37 g. fraction from the combined fifth and sixth extracts. The respective percentages of the desired product, i.e., methyl 6-chloro-5-(2 diethylaminoethylamino)-8-quinolinecarboxylate, in these fractions were determined by vapor phase chromatography to be 69%, 93%, 98% and 97% for fractions 1-4 andfor combined fractions 5 and 6. A portion of combined fractions 2-6 was used without further purification in the conversion to 6-chloro-5- (Z-diethylaminoethylamino) 8-quinolinemethanol given hereinbelow in Example B-l.

Other lower-alkyl 5(Z-diethylaminoethylamino)-6-(or 7)-halo-8-quinolinecarboxylates prepared following the above procedure using the appropriate lower-alkyl 5- amino-6-(or 7)-halo-8-quinolineearboxylate are the following:

methyl 6-bromo-5-(Z-diethylaminoethylamino)-8- quinolinecarboxylate,

methyl 5-(Z-diethylaminoethylamino)-6-iodo8-quinolinecarboxylate,

methyl 5-(2-dietl1ylaminoethylamino)-6-fluoro-8- quinolinecarboxylate,

methyl 7-chloro-5-(2-diethylaminoethylamino)-8- quinolinecarboxylate,

methyl 7-bromo-S-(2-diethylaminoethylamino)-8- quinolinecarboxylate,

methyl 5-(2-diethylaminoethylamino)-7-iodo-8- quinolinecarboxylate,

ethyl 6-chloro-5-(Z-diethylaminoethylamino)-8- quinolinecarboxylate, and

n-propyl 6-ch1oro-5-(Z-diethylaminoethylamino)-8- quinolinecarboxylate.

(B) FINAL PRODUCTS (l) 6-chloro-5-(2 diethylaminoethylamino)-8-quinolinemethanol.A solution containing 0.34 g. of methyl 6-chloro-5 (2 diethylaminoethylamino) -8-quinolinecarboxylate in 5 ml. of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran is added to a slurry of 40 mg. of lithium aluminum hydride in 1 ml. of tetrahydrofuran at room temperature. The reaction mixture is refluxed gently for about thirty minutes, allowed to cool, and treated with 0.1 ml. of 35% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution. The mixture is filtered and the solid washed with tetrahydrofuran. The tetrahdyrofuran washings are combined with the tetrahydrofuran filtrate from the reaction mixture and the combined solution is washed over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent is distilled off to yield the product, 6-chloro-5-(2-diethylamino ethylamino) -8-quinolinemethanol.

Following the procedure described in Example B-l but using the appropriate lower-alkyl 6-chloro-5-(aminoalkylamino)-8-quinolinecarboxylate in place of methyl 6-chloro-5-(Z-diethylaminoethylamino) 8 quinolinecarboxylate, there are obtained the following 6-chloro-5- (aminoalkylamino -8-quinolinemethanols 6-chloro-5-(4-dimethylaminobutylamino)-8-quinolinemethanol using methyl 6-chloro-5-(4-dimethylamino- I butylamino)-8-quinolinecarboxylate; 6-chloro-5-(Z-dimethylamino-l-propylamino)-8-quinolinemethanol using methyl 6-chloro-5- (Z-dimethylaminol-propylamino)-8-quinolinecarboxylate; 6-chloro-5-(Z-piperidinoethylamino)-8-quinolinemethanol using methyl 6-chloro-5-(2-piperidinoethylamino)- 8-quinolinecarboxylate; 6-chloro-5-[2-(2,5-dimethylpyrrolidino) ethylamino]-8- V quinolinemethanol using methyl 6-chloro-5-[2-(2,5-

dimethylpyrrolidino -ethylamino] 8-quinolinecarboxylate;

6-chloro-5-(3-diethylaminopropylamino)8-quinolinemethanol using methyl 6-chloro-5-(3-diethylaminopropylamino)8-quinolinecarboxylate;

6-chloro-5- (Z-diethylaminoethylamino 8-quinolinemethanol using ethyl or n-propyl 6-chloro-5-(2-diethylaminoethylamino 8-quinolinecarboxylate;

6-chloro-5- [2-di- (n-butyl aminoethylamino] 8-quinolinemethanol using methyl 6-chloro-5-[Z-di-(n-butyl) aminoethylamino]8-quinolinecarboxylate;

6-chloro-5-(2-n-propylaminoethylamino)8-quinolinemethanol using methyl 6-ehloro-5-(2-n-propylaminoethylamino 8-quinolinecarboxylate;

6-chloro-5-{2- [N-ethyl-N- Z-hydroxyethyl) amino] ethylamino}8-quinolinemethanol using methyl 6-chloro- 5-{2- [N-ethyl-N- 2-hydroxyethyl) amino] ethylamino}- 8-quinolinecarboxylate;

6-chloro-5-[2-(2-hydroxyethylamino)ethylamino1-8- quinolinemethanol using methyl 6-chloro-5- [2-(2- hydroxyethylamino) ethylamino] 8-quinolinecarboxylate;

6-chloro-5-{2- [N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]ethylamino}-8-quinolinemethanol using methyl 6-chloro- 5-{2 [N,Nbis 2-hydroxyethyl) amino] ethylamino}- 8-quinolinecarboxylate;

6-chloro-5-{2- [N-methyl-N- (2-hydroxy-2-methylpropyl amino]ethylamino}-8-quinolinemethanol using methyl 6-chloro-5-{2-[N-methyl-N-(2-hydroxy-2- methylpropyl) amino] ethylamino}-8-quinolinecarboxylate;

6-chloro-5 2-piperidinoethylamino) 8-quinolinemethanol using methyl 6-chloro-5-(2-piperidinoethylamino)8- quinolinecarboxylate;

6-chloro-S-[2-(2-methylpiperidino)ethylamino]8- quinolinemethanol using methyl 6-chloro-5-[2-(2- methylpiperidino)ethylamino]8-quinolinecarboxylate;

6-chloro-5- 2-pyrrolidinoethylamino) 8-quinolinemethanol using methyl 6-chloro-5-(Z-pyrrolidinoethylamino) 8-quinolinecarb oxylate;

6-chloro-5- 2-rnorpholinoethylamino) 8-quinolinemethanol using methyl 6-chloro-5-(2-morpholinoethylamino) -8-quinolinecarboxylate;

6-chloro-5-(Z-hexamethyleneiminoethylamino)8-quinolinemethanol using methyl 6-chloro-5-(2-hexamethyleneiminoethylamino)8-quinolinecarboxylate; and

6-chloro-5- [2- (4-methylpiperazino) ethylamino] 8- quinolinemethanol using methyl 6-chloro-5-[2-(4- methylpiperazino ethylamino] 8-quinolinecarboxylate.

The above 5-(aminoalkylamino-6-chloro-8-quinolinemethanols also are prepared by the following preferred variation of the above reduction procedure: To a stirred suspension of 2.4 g. of lithium aluminum hydride in 40 ml. of anhydrous ether cooled to 22 C. in a bath of freezing carbon tetrachloride and solid carbon dioxide was added dropwise with stirring over a forty minute period a solution of 6.71 g. of methyl 6-chloro-5-(2-diethylaminoethylamino)-8-quinolinecarboxylate in 80 ml. of 1 anhydrous ether. The reaction mixture was stirred in said cooling bath for thirty hours after the addition. The reaction mixture was then hydrolyzed by cautiously adding 4.6 ml. of 10% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and the mixture was filtered. The filtrate was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solid was triturated thoroughly with boiling ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate solution was combined with the dried filtrate and the solvents were removed in vacuo.

The remaining viscous yellow oil, which weighed 6.05 g., diethylaminoethylamino)8-quinolinemethanol, as determined by gas-liquid partition chromatography. The pr0dnot was isolated from a portion of the viscous yellow oil by contained at least 60% of the product, 6-chloro-5-(2- preparative layer chromatography on alumina plates using 99:1 (v.:v.) chloroform-isopropyl amine as the eluant. A sample ,of 6-chloro-5-(Z-diethylaminoethylamino)-8quinolinemethanol as a viscous yellowv oil, was isolated from the plates by scraping off the band with R, 0.5, washing the solid with methanol, removing the methanol in vacuo, triturating the residue with chloroform and removing the chloroform in vacuo. The elemental analyses and proton magnetic resonance spectrum of this product provided evidence for its identity. 6-chloro-5-(Z-diethylaminoethylamino)-8-quinolinemethanol as its crystalline dihydrochloride melts at 149l52 C.

Other 5 (2 diethylaminoethylamino) 6 (or 7) halo-8-quinolinemethanols prepared following the above procedure using the appropriate lower-alkyl 5-(2-diethylaminoethylamino)-6- (or 7)-halo 8 quinolinecarboxylate are the following:

6-bromo-5- 2-diethylaminoethylamino )-8- quinolinemethanol,

5- Z-diethylaminoethylamino) 6-iodo-8- quinolinemethanol,

5- 2-diethylarninoethylamino )-6-fluoro-8- quinolinemethanol,

7-chloro-5- 2-diethylaminoethylamino 8- quinolinemethanol,

7-bromo-5- (Z-diethylaminoethylamino 8- quinolinemethanol, and

5- Z-diethylaminoethylamino) 7-iodo-8- quinolinemethanol.

(2) 6 chloro 5 (2 diethylaminoethylamino) 8 methoxymethylquinoline.To a solution of 0.31 g. of 6- chloro 5 (2 diethylaminoethylamino) 8 quinolinemethanol in 0.3 ml. of ethanol is added a solution of 0.38 g. of p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate in 1.2 ml. of ethanol. The precipitated 6-chloro-5-(2-diethylaminoethylamino) 8 quinolinemethanol di (p toluenesulfonate) is collected and dissolved in boiling absolute methanol. The hot methanol solution is treated with decolorizing charcoal and filtered while hot. The filtrate is allowed to cool and the resulting precipitated 6-chloro-5-(diethylaminoethylamino)-8-methoxymethylquinoline as its di- (p-toluene sulfonate) is collected. Said salt is dissolved in water, the aqueous solution made alkaline with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, the alkaline solution extracted with methylene dichloride and the methylene dichloride removed by distilling in vacuo to yield 6-chloro-5-(2-diethylaminoethylamino)-8-methoxymethylquinoline in free base form.

Following the foregoing procedure of Example B-2 using in place of boiling methanol, boiling ethanol, 2- propanol or n-hexanol to dissolve the 6-chloro-5-(diethylaminoethylamino) 8 quinolinemethanol di (p toluenesulfonate), there are obtained the following ethers, first in the form of their di- (ptoluenesulfonates) and then in their free base forms: 6-chloro-5-(Z-diethylaminoethylamino) 8 eth'oxymethylquinoline, 6 chloro 5- (2 diethylaminoethylamino) 8 isopropoxymethylquinoline and 6 chloro 5 (2 diethylaminoethylamino)-S-n-hexoxymethylquinoline. V I

(3) 8 acetoxymethyl 6 chloro 5 (2 diethyl aminoethylamino)-quinoline.-To a solution containing Other lower-alkanoyl esters of 6-chloro-5-(2-diethylaminoethylamino-8-quinolinemethanol are obtained following the above procedure of Example B-3' using the appropriate alkanoylating agent, e.g., the 8-propionoxymethyl compound using propionic anhydride, the 8-H- butyroxymethyl compound using butyric anhydride and the 8-formyloxymethyl compound using formic acetic anhydride.

The 6(or 7)-halo-5-(R R N--YNH)-8-quinolinemethanols, their lower-alkyl ethers and their lower-alkanoyl esters of our invention when administered orally to hamsters and Swiss mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni were found to clear the animals of the parasitic infection at dose levels of compound in the range of 0.5 to 100 mg. per kg. of body weight per day for 5 consecutive days.

The actual determination of the numerical schistosomacidal data definitive for a particular compound is readily obtained by standard test procedures, referred to above, by technicians versed in chemotherapeutic test procedures, without any need for any extensive experimentation.

The 5 (aminoalkylamino) 6(or 7) halo 8 quinolinemethanols, lower-alkyl ethers and lower-alkanol esters of the invention can be prepared for use by conventional pharmaceutical procedures: that is, by dissolving or suspending them in a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, e.g., aqueous alcohol, gylcol, oil solution, or oil-water emulsion, for parenteral or oral administration; or by incorporating them in unit dosage form as tablets or capsules for oral administration either alone or in combination with conventional adjuvants, e.g., calcium carbonate, starch, lactose, talc, magnesium stearate, gum acacia, and the like.

We claim:

1. A composition of matter in which lower-alkyl 8- quinolinecarboxylate is substituted at the 6- or 7-position of the quinoline nucleus by halo and at the 5-position of the quinoline nucleus by NHYNR R where Y is polycarbon-lower-alkylene having from two to four carbon atoms and having its two connecting linkages on different carbon atoms, R is hydrogen, lower-alkyl or, lower-2- hydroxyalkyl, R is lower-alkyl or lower-2-hydroxyalkyl, and, further, where lower-alkyl in each instance is primary or secondary and has from one to six carbon atoms, lower- 2-hydroxyalkyl in each instance has from two to six carbon atoms and the hydroxy group is attached to the carbon atom that is one carbon atom removed from the side chain nitrogen atom.

2. Lower-alkyl 5-(Z-diethylaminoethylamino)-6-halo-8- quinolinecarboxylate according to claim 1 where halo is attached to the 6-position, Y is CH CH and, R and R are each ethyl.

3. Lower-alkyl 6-chloro-5-(2-diethylaminoethylamino)- 8-quinolinecarboxylate according to claim 2.

4. Methyl 6-chloro-5-(Z-diethylaminoethylamino)-8- quinolinecarboxylate according to claim 2.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,150,047 9/1964 Allais et al 260-287 3,452,026 6/ 1969 Perron et a1 260-287 3,622,457 11/ 1971 Dennis 260-287 FOREIGN PATENTS 310,559 4/1929 Great Britain 260-287 OTHER REFERENCES Bailey et al.: Jour. Med. Chem, vol. 13, pp. 598-601 (1970).

DONALD G. DAUS, Primary Examiner Ema-m: I ,775; 5 Dated November 27, 1973 I'JVC'AEOI() Sydney Archer and Denis M. Bailey It is certified that error appears in the nbovc-idontificd patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shot-3:1 below:

i Column 1, line 62, following "defined as" insert .1

'- hereinabove described. Accordingly, we depict these compounds as ""0 Column 2, lines 31 thru 37, drawing of Formula II should be labeled II e Column 2, line 57, "2-hydroxbutyl, should read 2-hydroxybutyl,

Column 5, line 65, "esters and" should read ethers end Column a, line 64, "5-R -R -N-Y-NH(-8-" should read 5-(R1R2N-Y-NH)-8- Signed and sealed this 23rd day of April 197LL.

(SEAL) Attest:

EDWARD I'LFLF T JHELJIL, C. MARSHALL DANN Attesting; Officer 7 Commissioner of Patents I 

